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Red Flag Warning 26, NWS Albuquerque, NM
NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this red flag warning at Apr 13, 2012, 4:10 AM MDT for Harding County, San Miguel County, Union County, New Mexico. It took effect at Apr 14, 2012, 9:00 AM MDT. It was in force for 11 hr. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 13, 2012, 4:10 AM MDT (10:10 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 14, 2012, 9:00 AM MDT
- Expired
- Apr 14, 2012, 8:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 11 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Albuquerque, NM
Counties Harding County, NM, San Miguel County, NM, Union County, NM
The radar
The Cannon AFB radar (KFDX), 150 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:07 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 14, 4:50 PM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 60 | Bell Ranch, NM | |
| Apr 14, 4:53 PM MDT | HIGH SUST WINDS 40 | 6 Ne Las Vegas, NM | KLVS ASOS. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 00:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 225 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3230 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 87 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 124 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
471 WWUS85 KABQ 131010 RFWABQ URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 410 AM MDT FRI APR 13 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 9 PM MDT TODAY FOR MOST OF THE AREA EXCEPT THE NORTHWEST PLATEAU AND NORTHERN MOUNTAINS DUE TO STRONG WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM MDT TO 8 PM MDT SATURDAY FOR THE EASTERN PLAINS ESPECIALLY FAVORING THE TEXAS BORDER DUE TO STRONG WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY... .AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF WINDY AND LOW HUMIDITY CONDITIONS WILL AFFECT PORTIONS OF NORTHERN AND CENTRAL NEW MEXICO THROUGH SATURDAY. THE WIND GRADIENT WILL STRENGTHEN ACROSS MOST OF THE AREA TODAY AND WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY A MID LEVEL DRY SLOT. CRITICAL CONDITIONS WILL EXPAND IN SIZE AND DURATION TODAY. NEAR TO SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES WILL OCCUR OVER SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL AREAS WHILE THEY WILL BE 7 TO 12 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL ACROSS THE EAST. THE MOST UNSTABLE AIRMASS SHOULD BE FOUND EAST OF THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS...PARTICULARLY OVER THE NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS. AS THE PACIFIC TROUGH PUSHES FURTHER INTO NEW MEXICO...A STRONG WIND FIELD IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OUT AHEAD OF IT AND AFFECT SOUTHERN AND EASTERN AREAS TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY. HUMIDITIES WILL FALL LOW ENOUGH ACROSS THE EASTERN PLAINS TO SUPPORT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER GROWTH CONDITIONS. THE WINDS WILL LIKELY BE VERY STRONG ACROSS SOUTHERN AND EASTERN AREAS ON SATURDAY...ALTHOUGH THE STABILITY OF THE ATMOSPHERE SHOULD INCREASE SOME. NMZ104-108-140300- /O.UPG.KABQ.FW.A.0023.120414T1500Z-120415T0200Z/ /O.NEW.KABQ.FW.W.0026.120414T1500Z-120415T0200Z/ /O.CON.KABQ.FW.W.0025.120413T1800Z-120414T0300Z/ NEW MEXICO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 104 NORTHEAST PLAINS/EASTERN KIOWA AND RITA BLANCA GRASSLANDS/ABZ-TNZ- NEW MEXICO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 108 EAST CENTRAL PLAINS/WESTERN KIOWA GRASSLANDS BLM/ABZ-SNZ- 410 AM MDT FRI APR 13 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 8 PM MDT SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 8 PM MDT SATURDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING. * AREA AND TIMING...CRITICAL CONDITIONS WILL IMPACT THE EASTERN PLAINS THIS AFTERNOON WITH CONTINUED CRITICAL CONDITIONS INTO SATURDAY. CONDITIONS WILL START EARLIER ON SATURDAY. * 20 FOOT WINDS...SOUTHWEST TO 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH TODAY. SOUTHWEST WINDS 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH POSSIBLE ON SATURDAY. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MINIMUMS BETWEEN 6 AND 10 PERCENT TODAY. MINIMUM HUMIDITY OF 8 TO 15 PERCENT POSSIBLE ON SATURDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$ NMZ109-140300- /O.UPG.KABQ.FW.A.0022.120413T1800Z-120414T0300Z/ /O.EXA.KABQ.FW.W.0025.120413T1800Z-120414T0300Z/ NEW MEXICO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 109 WEST CENTRAL HIGHLANDS/SOUTHWEST CIBOLA NF AND SOCORRO BLM/ABQ- GLZ- 410 AM MDT FRI APR 13 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * AREA AND TIMING...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL IMPACT THE WEST CENTRAL HIGHLANDS THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY EVENING. * 20 FOOT WINDS...SOUTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MINIMUMS BETWEEN 10 AND 15 PERCENT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$ NMZ105-140300- /O.EXA.KABQ.FW.W.0025.120413T1800Z-120414T0300Z/ NEW MEXICO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 105 NORTHWEST HIGHLANDS/WESTERN CIBOLA NF/ABZ- 410 AM MDT FRI APR 13 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING. * AREA AND TIMING...CRITICAL CONDITIONS WILL IMPACT THE NORTHWEST HIGHLANDS THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY EVENING...FAVORING AREAS SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 40. * 20 FOOT WINDS...SOUTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MINIMUMS BETWEEN 9 AND 15 PERCENT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$ NMZ103-106-107-140300- /O.CON.KABQ.FW.W.0025.120413T1800Z-120414T0300Z/ NEW MEXICO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 103 NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS/EASTERN CARSON AND SANTA FE NF/SNZ-TAZ- NEW MEXICO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 106 MIDDLE RIO GRANDE VALLEY/ALBUQUERQUE-SOCORRO BLM/ABZ-GLZ- NEW MEXICO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 107 SANDIA-MANZANO AND GALLINAS MOUNTAINS/EASTERN CIBOLA NF/ABZ- 410 AM MDT FRI APR 13 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING. * AREA AND TIMING...CRITICAL CONDITIONS WILL IMPACT THE NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS...THE MIDDLE RIO GRANDE VALLEY...THE SANDIA...MANZANO AND GALLINAS MOUNTAINS...AND THE ESTANCIA BASIN THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY EVENING. * 20 FOOT WINDS...SOUTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MINIMUMS BETWEEN 9 AND 15 PERCENT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$
2 follow-up statements
155 WWUS85 KABQ 140347 RFWABQ URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 947 PM MDT FRI APR 13 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM MDT TO 8 PM MDT SATURDAY FOR THE EASTERN PLAINS ESPECIALLY FAVORING THE TEXAS BORDER DUE TO STRONG WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY... .WINDY AND LOW HUMIDITY CONDITIONS WILL AFFECT PORTIONS OF NORTHERN AND CENTRAL NEW MEXICO AGAIN SATURDAY. AS THE PACIFIC TROUGH PUSHES FURTHER INTO NEW MEXICO...A STRONG WIND FIELD WILL DEVELOP OUT AHEAD OF IT AND AFFECT SOUTHERN...CENTRAL AND EASTERN AREAS TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY. HUMIDITIES WILL FALL LOW ENOUGH ACROSS THE EASTERN PLAINS TO SUPPORT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER GROWTH CONDITIONS. THE WINDS WILL LIKELY BE VERY STRONG ACROSS SOUTHERN AND EASTERN AREAS ON SATURDAY...ALTHOUGH THE STABILITY OF THE ATMOSPHERE SHOULD INCREASE SOME. POOR TO VERY LOCALLY FAIR HUMIDITY RECOVERIES TONIGHT WILL HASTEN THE ONSET OF CRITICAL CONDITIONS SATURDAY MORNING. NMZ104-108-141400- /O.CON.KABQ.FW.W.0026.120414T1500Z-120415T0200Z/ NEW MEXICO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 104 NORTHEAST PLAINS/EASTERN KIOWA AND RITA BLANCA GRASSLANDS/ABZ-TNZ- NEW MEXICO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 108 EAST CENTRAL PLAINS/WESTERN KIOWA GRASSLANDS BLM/ABZ-SNZ- 947 PM MDT FRI APR 13 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 8 PM MDT SATURDAY... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 8 PM MDT SATURDAY. * AREA AND TIMING...CRITICAL CONDITIONS WILL IMPACT THE EASTERN PLAINS BEGINNING SATURDAY MID TO LATE MORNING THROUGH EARLY EVENING. * 20 FOOT WINDS...SOUTHWEST WINDS 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 60 MPH POSSIBLE ON SATURDAY. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MINIMUM HUMIDITY OF 8 TO 15 PERCENT POSSIBLE ON SATURDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$ 43
521 WWUS85 KABQ 141206 RFWABQ URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 606 AM MDT SAT APR 14 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM MDT TO 8 PM MDT TODAY FOR THE EASTERN PLAINS DUE TO STRONG WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY... .AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM SLIDING OVER NEW MEXICO COMBINED WITH A DEEPENING SURFACE LEE TROUGH ALONG THE FRONT RANGE OF THE ROCKIES WILL CREATE STRONG WINDS OVER THE AREA TODAY. A MID LEVEL DRY SLOT ADVANCING EAST OUT AHEAD OF THIS STORM SYSTEM WILL COMBINE WITH THE STRONG WINDS TO SUPPORT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER GROWTH ACROSS MUCH OF THE EASTERN PLAINS. THESE CRITICAL CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP VERY QUICKLY THIS MORNING AS RECOVERIES ARE ONLY POOR TO FAIR IN MOST LOCATIONS. A COLD FRONT WILL PUSH INTO THE AREA THIS EVENING USHERING IN COLDER TEMPERATURES AND HIGHER HUMIDITIES. NMZ104-108-150200- /O.CON.KABQ.FW.W.0026.120414T1500Z-120415T0200Z/ NEW MEXICO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 104 NORTHEAST PLAINS/EASTERN KIOWA AND RITA BLANCA GRASSLANDS/ABZ-TNZ- NEW MEXICO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 108 EAST CENTRAL PLAINS/WESTERN KIOWA GRASSLANDS BLM/ABZ-SNZ- 606 AM MDT SAT APR 14 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING. * AREA AND TIMING...CRITICAL CONDITIONS WILL IMPACT THE EASTERN PLAINS MID TO LATE MORNING THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. * 20 FOOT WINDS...SOUTHWEST 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MINIMUMS BETWEEN 8 AND 15 PERCENT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Albuquerque, NM issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 13, 3:41 PM MDT | High Wind Warning | ABQ | 28 hr | |
| Apr 13, 3:41 PM MDT | Wind Advisory | ABQ | 28 hr | |
| Apr 13, 3:58 PM MDT | Winter Weather Advisory | ABQ | 36 hr |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.